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[Ghost]

I agree.

[Ghost]

RECON64BIT7 wrote...

Locutus_of_BORG wrote...

Lol, HBO? Let's start with Machinima first. Everybody knows about the ending debacle and it's doubtful HBO would invest in something unless they know will be well-recieved.

You're joking right? No one cares about bandwagon haters. You are a fool if you think ME series is ruined because of one ending in a 3 video game series. Let's not even talk about the free DLC from Bioware that improved everything.

This. The ending has nothing to do in the decision.

Modifié par Ghost1017, 19 janvier 2013 - 11:39 .

[Peranor]

mcgreggers99 wrote...

Sinophile wrote...

Television is an outdated medium A web series or anime would be best. Historically, video games turned into movies do not do well with the over 12 crowd(Case in point, Wing Commander, with exceptions such as Resident Evil).

Bull crap. If anything it has shown in recent years that if done right (Breaking Bad, Walking Dead, Game of Thrones.) it can handle long form dramatic content and large sweeping story arcs better than just about any type of visual medium.

Agreed

[Rasofe]

I agree, having a series > having a movie.
Remember the contrast of the Star Trek series to the Star Trek movie.
The series would encompass and deal with so many different things, and every movie could only really deal with one topic at a time.
The movies were good, well, some of them, but having a Mass Effect film and try to cover Noveria, Feros, the Citadel, Artemis Tau and Virmire? They would compress too much. Like Liara ends up being rescued from her mother on Noveria, or Feros being cut out completely. A series wouldn't have that problem.

[Sinophile]

Bull crap. If anything it has shown in recent years that if done right (Breaking Bad, Walking Dead, Game of Thrones.) it can handle long form dramatic content and large sweeping story arcs better than just about any type of visual medium.

First of all, none of those shows are video games(with the exception of Game Of Thrones, that has a game based on the show). Second Of All, I can watch all of those series on Netflix.I haven't owned a television since 2006. The only reason people still pay for cable is because they haven't adapted yet, and because of lobbyists. Who in their right mind would pay to watch ads?

The ending has nothing to do in the decision.

If Stars Wars and Star Trek have shown us anything, is that endings don't matter. Look how many times Batman has been rebooted.

[Fredvdp]

I think a movie version of Mass Effect 1 would be possible without cutting too many essentials. Mass Effect 2, however, is a whole other beast. The strength in Mass Effect 2 is not the story, but the characters. A movie simply doesn't have time to give each of these characters enough depth. To add to that, these characters get more interesting in their loyalty missions, and there's no way a movie would spend so much time on storylines that are not essential to the main plot.

I think a Mass Effect 2 movie would contain a montage of Shepard recruiting characters. Possibly, the non-essential squadmates (like Samara) would get cut. All characters would remain shallow. I really don't think one movie could contain so much awesome.

And what if they split Mass Effect 2 into two movies? What would you call them? ME2 and ME3? That's confusing. They'd have to start working with subtitles. How about:

ME1:

Mass Effect - The Lost Empire

ME2:

Mass Effect - Hades Dogs
Mass Effect - Fight for the Lost

ME3:

Mass Effect - Project Crucible
Mass Effect - Protectors of the Earth

Anyway, while I think Legendary Studios is the right company to hold the movie rights (they tend to make respectful adaptations), I would also prefer an HBO series. The biggest issue is cost, but if they get the atmosphere and drama right, I wouldn't mind if the aliens look like something I made in Blender.

Modifié par Fredvdp, 20 janvier 2013 - 10:13 .

[Peranor]

Sinophile wrote...

Bull crap. If anything it has shown in recent years that if done right (Breaking Bad, Walking Dead, Game of Thrones.) it can handle long form dramatic content and large sweeping story arcs better than just about any type of visual medium.

First of all, none of those shows are video games(with the exception of Game Of Thrones, that has a game based on the show). Second Of All, I can watch all of those series on Netflix.I haven't owned a television since 2006. The only reason people still pay for cable is because they haven't adapted yet, and because of lobbyists. Who in their right mind would pay to watch ads?

Video game based or not is quite irrelevant to the quoted statement.
And does Netflix produce their own series?

[Zerker]

A Mass Effect series would cost like hell.

[Fredvdp]

Maddok900 wrote...

A Mass Effect series would cost like hell.

Absolutely. LucasFilm has wanted to do a Star Wars TV series for a while now with the visual quality of the prequels but a fraction of the cost. The show has been written but has been in development hell for a long time. Now that Disney owns Lucasfilm, they may finally develop it further with the intention of airing it on ABC. The difference with Mass Effect is that Star Wars is a lot more popular and therefore has a higher chance of success.

[villevalo]

I'd enjoy it but the necessary need for computer generated scenes and whatnot would cost a bomb, HBO would need to pump a hell of a lot of money into it.

[EpicBoot2daFace]

I would prefer this over a movie. But I'm still not sold on a Mass Effect live-action anything at the moment.

[Overdosing]

Mass Effect as a TV series...hell yes!

[Remix-General Aetius]

A series or even mini-series would have a much more limited budget compared to, say, a movie trilogy like Lord of the Rings. People would start ****ing that there's not enough action. I mean look at the Terminator: Sexy Cameron Chronicles (yes there actually is a promotional poster for that.....fanmade of course). Sure, it gave a detailed insight into the lore side of things but there was nowhere near enough action for something Terminator-related as opposed to the films.

And let's face it, would you enjoy the trilogy as much if you had to sit through 90% of each game's relative campaign length listening to conversations? A 3-hr movie for each game can be pulled off with the proper writers, and would be much more satisfying in regards to eye candy than a tv series ever would.

Modifié par TheGarden2010, 20 janvier 2013 - 03:29 .

[Trav-O]

Hm. Maybe a test run mini-series. The cost of course could be considerable, and probably looking at some leeway on alien race design. But considering its appeal of character driven drama rather than flashy space battles, it might be feasible.
I know people at HBO, but I don't know people at Bioware. I wonder if they've talked.

[Blooddrunk1004]

I can only imagine how many chicks would Shepard bang 
But yeah i would much rather see Mass Effect in series rather then movies, especially if we would have good writers.

[Peranor]

TheGarden2010 wrote...

A series or even mini-series would have a much more limited budget compared to, say, a movie trilogy like Lord of the Rings. People would start ****ing that there's not enough action. I mean look at the Terminator: Sexy Cameron Chronicles (yes there actually is a promotional poster for that.....fanmade of course). Sure, it gave a detailed insight into the lore side of things but there was nowhere near enough action for something Terminator-related as opposed to the films.

And let's face it, would you enjoy the trilogy as much if you had to sit through 90% of each game's relative campaign length listening to conversations? A 3-hr movie for each game can be pulled off with the proper writers, and would be much more satisfying in regards to eye candy than a tv series ever would.

I loved Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles even though it wasn't as action packed as the movies.
And I wouldn't mind a Mass effect series made in similar fashion.

[Jon The Wizard]

You know...I think this could work. Bioware, maybe brainstorm this.

[Sinophile]

Fredvdp wrote...

Maddok900 wrote...

A Mass Effect series would cost like hell.

Absolutely. LucasFilm has wanted to do a Star Wars TV series for a while now with the visual quality of the prequels but a fraction of the cost. The show has been written but has been in development hell for a long time. Now that Disney owns Lucasfilm, they may finally develop it further with the intention of airing it on ABC. The difference with Mass Effect is that Star Wars is a lot more popular and therefore has a higher chance of success.

What about the Clone Wars CGI cartoon? The last 3 movies were 75% CGI anyway.

[OnyxFuego]

Well HBO knows how to bring the drama. I've not watched an HBO show hardcore since Six Feet Under and never got into TrueBlood. HBO has tackled a lot of different environments, OZ, Treme, Boardwalk... so for them to go to space would be very interesting.

I am all for it.

However what would make any space show so much more expensive than say, Spartacus or Game of Thrones? You'll still need sets, costumes and special effects. Actually depending how they did things, I wouldn't imagine too many scenes per episode where guns are a blazing. They could really spend a lot of time on story on the ship and the Citadel.

[WhiteKnyght]

I've imagined something like this before.

Season 01 = Mass Effect 1's story + Bring Down the Sky, and Revelation
Season 02 = Mass Effect 2, Overlord, Ascension and Paragon Lost's stories. Plus Redemption
Season 03 = Mass Effect 2 Lair of the Shadow Broker, Arrival, Retribution, Deception, and Invasion's stories(not in that particular order)
Season 04 = Mass Effect 3, Fall of Earth - Cerberus Invasion + From Ashes, Plus Evolution
Season 05 = Mass Effect 3, Side quests - Rannoch, then Leviathan for the finale
Season 06 = Mass Effect 3, Thessia, Omega, Sanctuary, Cerberus Headquarters, then Battle For Earth to close off the series.

Modifié par The Grey Nayr, 20 janvier 2013 - 08:37 .

[Peranor]

Does a Mass Effect TV series have to follow the story of the games? Sure, I'd love to watch it. But I would be perfectly fine if they created a TV series (or movie) set in the Mass Effect universe, but was about other characters and other events.

[kennydahl]

Mims wrote...

...Turians and krogans would need to be CGI, and that gets costly if you are using them as a main character...

I always wondered whether Turian's and Krogans could be done 80% practical, with only facial animation being done CG?  

I saw the practical/CG combined work done on the move of "Where The Wild Things Are" and I was really impressed with how the practical 'body' and 'head' made everything so naturalistic whilst still letting the face have character through a seamless blend of CG...

[Tugga_gott]

TheGarden2010 wrote...

A series or even mini-series would have a much more limited budget compared to, say, a movie trilogy like Lord of the Rings. People would start ****ing that there's not enough action. I mean look at the Terminator: Sexy Cameron Chronicles (yes there actually is a promotional poster for that.....fanmade of course). Sure, it gave a detailed insight into the lore side of things but there was nowhere near enough action for something Terminator-related as opposed to the films.

And let's face it, would you enjoy the trilogy as much if you had to sit through 90% of each game's relative campaign length listening to conversations? A 3-hr movie for each game can be pulled off with the proper writers, and would be much more satisfying in regards to eye candy than a tv series ever would.

I think a ME series would be more interesting if it didn't focus too much on action and more on character, story, etc.

[Peranor]

Tugga_gott wrote...


I think a ME series would be more interesting if it didn't focus too much on action and more on character, story, etc.

I feel the same